Patents by Inventor Benton R. Bolles

Benton R. Bolles has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for implementing a virtual storage pool in a virtual environment
    Patent number: 8370833
    Abstract: A system and method for implementing distributed data storage. In particular, the system includes a plurality of virtualization servers, each of which is associated with available data resources. Each virtualization server supports one or more application virtual machines through a virtualization layer. In addition, a plurality of storage virtual machines is included in the system. Each storage virtual machine is associated with a corresponding and participating virtualization server. A virtual storage pool is included in the system, wherein each storage virtual machine allows the export and aggregation of available data resources within a corresponding virtualization server into the virtual storage pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Benton R. Bolles, Adam John Carter, Philip J. Duclos, Brent D. Helgeson
  • Method and System for Implementing a Virtual Storage Pool in a Virtual Environment
    Publication number: 20090210875
    Abstract: A system and method for implementing distributed data storage. In particular, the system includes a plurality of virtualization servers, each of which is associated with available data resources. Each virtualization server supports one or more application virtual machines through a virtualization layer. In addition, a plurality of storage virtual machines is included in the system. Each storage virtual machine is associated with a corresponding and participating virtualization server. A virtual storage pool is included in the system, wherein each storage virtual machine allows the export and aggregation of available data resources within a corresponding virtualization server into the virtual storage pool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Benton R. Bolles, Adam John Carter, Philip J. Duclos, Brent D. Helgeson